DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,632

MASS DESIGN, INCORPORATED
FABRICATION DEPARTMENT
NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat
of separation and to the decline in the sales or production
of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 5, 2013 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Mass Design, Incorporated, Fabrication Department, Nashua,
New Hampshire (Mass Design). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of fabricated printed circuit
boards.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales and
production of fabricated printed circuit boards by Mass Design
have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles produced
by Mass Design have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Mass Design.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mass Design,
Incorporated, Fabrication Department, Nashua, New Hampshire, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of fabricated
printed circuit boards meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Mass Design, Incorporated, Fabrication
Department, Nashua, New Hampshire, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 1, 2012
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 26th day of April, 2013.


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance